Marta Bastianelli makes it three wins for the year with victory at Omloop van het Hageland

The Italian former world champion takes a sprint win from a breakaway group after an aggressive day’s racing

Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ) takes the win at the 2022 Omloop van het Hageland
Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ) takes the win at the 2022 Omloop van het Hageland
(Image credit: Luc Claessen/Getty)

After taking two wins already this year, former world champion Marta Bastianelli won the 14th edition of Omloop van het Hageland.

In her final season before retirement, the 34-year-old took the sprint from a 10 woman group that had formed just over 35km from the finish in Tielt-Winge, east of Brussels. The Italian had been particularly active in maintaining momentum in the group, but was still able to take victory, Emma Norsgaard (Movistar) finishing second, with a super-aggressive Floortje Mackaij (DSM) taking third by a tyre’s width.

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